diff --git a/plugins/gui/include/gui/searchbar/searchoptions_dialog.h b/plugins/gui/include/gui/searchbar/searchoptions_dialog.h
index 1b7ea325e87..7ce1973086b 100644
--- a/plugins/gui/include/gui/searchbar/searchoptions_dialog.h
+++ b/plugins/gui/include/gui/searchbar/searchoptions_dialog.h
@@ -45,11 +45,13 @@ namespace hal
          * @param parent - The parent widget.
          */
         SearchOptionsDialog(QWidget *parent = nullptr);
+        void emitOptions();
 
     Q_SIGNALS:
         void emitOptions(QString text, int options);
 
     public Q_SLOTS:
+        void textEdited(QString);
         void optionsChanged();
         void emitStartSearch();
 
@@ -67,5 +69,6 @@ namespace hal
         QLabel* mColumnLabel;
         QPushButton* mSearchBtn;
         QPushButton* mCloseBtn;
+
     };
 }
diff --git a/plugins/gui/src/searchbar/search_proxy_model.cpp b/plugins/gui/src/searchbar/search_proxy_model.cpp
index b990786d049..18c1e01ecb5 100644
--- a/plugins/gui/src/searchbar/search_proxy_model.cpp
+++ b/plugins/gui/src/searchbar/search_proxy_model.cpp
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ namespace hal {
     void SearchProxyModel::startSearch(QString text, int options)
     {
         opts = new SearchOptions(options);
-        qInfo() << "startSearch emitted";
+        qInfo() << "Proxy received searchOptions";
     }
 
 }
diff --git a/plugins/gui/src/searchbar/searchoptions_dialog.cpp b/plugins/gui/src/searchbar/searchoptions_dialog.cpp
index 4ff2fe86aa2..da24ae6d128 100644
--- a/plugins/gui/src/searchbar/searchoptions_dialog.cpp
+++ b/plugins/gui/src/searchbar/searchoptions_dialog.cpp
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ namespace hal
         searchProxy = new SearchProxyModel();
         //TODO fix layout size to prevent overlapping
         mLayout = new QGridLayout(this);
-
+        mLayout->setRowMinimumHeight(0,35);
         mInputBox = new QComboBox();
         mInputBox->setEditable(true);
 
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ namespace hal
         mSearchBtn = new QPushButton("Search");
         mCloseBtn = new QPushButton("Close");
 
-        searchText = mInputBox->currentText();
+        QString searchString;
 
         mLayout->addWidget(mInputBox, 0, 0, 0, 3, Qt::AlignTop);
         mLayout->addWidget(mIncrementalSearchBox, 1, 0);
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ namespace hal
         connect(mCloseBtn, &QPushButton::clicked, this, &SearchOptionsDialog::close);
 
         //TODO get corresponding proxy
+        connect(mInputBox, &QComboBox::currentTextChanged, this, &SearchOptionsDialog::textEdited);
         connect(mSearchBtn, &QPushButton::clicked, this, &SearchOptionsDialog::emitStartSearch);
         connect(this, SIGNAL(emitOptions(QString, int)), searchProxy, SLOT(startSearch(QString, int)));
 
@@ -52,10 +53,17 @@ namespace hal
 
     }
 
+    void SearchOptionsDialog::textEdited(QString text)
+    {
+        //check if incremental search is enabled and start and min 3 symbols
+        if(mIncrementalSearchBox->isChecked() && text.length() >= 3){
+            emitOptions();
+        }
+    }
+
     void SearchOptionsDialog::emitStartSearch()
     {
-        qInfo() << "emitstartSearch";
-        Q_EMIT emitOptions(searchText, SearchOptions::toInt(mExactMatchBox->isChecked(), mCaseSensitiveBox->isChecked(), mRegExBox->isChecked(), {}));
+        emitOptions();
     }
 
     void SearchOptionsDialog::optionsChanged()
@@ -63,4 +71,12 @@ namespace hal
        // searchProxy->startSearch(12, "");
        //searchProxy->updateProxy(mExactMatchBox->isChecked(), mCaseSensitiveBox->isChecked(), mRegExBox->isChecked(), {}, searchText);
     }
+
+    void SearchOptionsDialog::emitOptions(){
+        searchText = mInputBox->currentText();
+        int options = SearchOptions::toInt(mExactMatchBox->isChecked(), mCaseSensitiveBox->isChecked(), mRegExBox->isChecked(), {});
+        qInfo() << "Emit search with string: " << searchText << " and options: " << options;
+
+        Q_EMIT emitOptions(searchText, options);
+    }
 }